In regards to wearing trousers below the ankles (isbal) it is mentioned in a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said that Allah Most High will not look with mercy towards the person who lowers his izar (lower garment) with pride. The limit of this lowering is mentioned in a second hadith in which the Messenger of Allah (Allah...
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In regards to folding one's clothes while praying and the issue of isbal (wearing one's garment below the ankles), Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi (may Allah have mercy on him) writes in Lami' al-Darari (vol. 1, pg. 327-28): "Qadi 'Iyad considers the tying back of the hair and folding of the clothes undesirable for the person performing salah, this is regardless of whether he does it outside or inside salah, and he mentions that the scholars are unanimous that this does not invalidate...
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